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Chapter 1 The Facts of life: Chemistry Is the Logic of Biological Phenomena |
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Chapter 2 Water: the Medium of Life |
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Chapter 3 Thermodynamics of Biological Systems |
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39 | (18) |
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Chapter 4 Amino Acids and the Peptide Bond |
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57 | (22) |
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Chapter 5 Proteins: Their Primary Structure and Biological Functions |
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79 | (20) |
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Chapter 6 Proteins: Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary Structure |
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99 | (20) |
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Chapter 7 Carbohydrates and the Glycoconjugates of Cell Surfaces |
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119 | (22) |
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141 | (18) |
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Chapter 9 Membranes and the Membrane Transport |
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159 | (22) |
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Chapter 10 Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids |
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181 | (18) |
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Chapter 11 Structure of Nucleic Acids |
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199 | (20) |
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Chapter 12 Recombinant DNA: Cloning and Creation of Chimeric Genes |
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219 | (14) |
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Chapter 13 Enzymes---Kinetics and Specificity |
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233 | (26) |
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Chapter 14 Mechanisms of Enzyme Action |
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259 | (16) |
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Chapter 15 Enzyme Regulation |
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275 | (22) |
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Chapter 16 Molecular Motors |
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Chapter 17 Metabolism: An Overview |
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327 | (22) |
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Chapter 19 The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle |
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349 | (18) |
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Chapter 20 Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation |
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367 | (20) |
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Chapter 21 Photosynthesis |
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387 | (20) |
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Chapter 22 Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway |
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407 | (22) |
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Chapter 23 Fatty Acid Catabolism |
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429 | (18) |
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Chapter 24 Lipid Biosynthesis |
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447 | (20) |
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Chapter 25 Nitrogen Acquisition and Amino Acid Metabolism |
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467 | (18) |
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Chapter 26 Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides |
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485 | (16) |
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Chapter 27 Metabolic Integration and Organ Specialization |
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501 | (18) |
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Chapter 28 DNA Metabolism: Replication, Recombination, and Repair |
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519 | (20) |
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Chapter 29 Transcription and the Regulation of Gene Expression |
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Chapter 30 Protein Synthesis |
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565 | (6) |
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Chapter 31 Completing the Protein Life Cycle: Folding, Processing, and Degradation |
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Chapter 32 The Reception and Transmission of Extracellular Information |
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